The Marianna Middle School Bullpups continued their winning ways Monday evening with a pair of wins on the road against county rival the Grand Ridge Middle School Indians.
The Bullpups won the ‘A’ team game 50-27, while the ‘B’ team came away with a 53-23 blowout victory.
‘A’ team action was decided early as the Bullpups put up 21 points in the first quarter, while holding the Indians to just three.
By the half, the Bullpups were cruising 25-4 and never looked back.
The Indians reached double digits in the third and fourth quarter, posting 10 third quarter points and 11 in the final period, but it was too little, too late.
The Indians were led by Blake Johnson with 11 points, followed by Rhett Wright with eight points.
Marianna was led by Tre Clemmons with 12 points, followed by Dre Perry with 10.
Close on their heels was Herman Williams with nine points.
In the ‘B’ game, Marianna was slow to get started, leading only 11-8 after one quarter of play.
The second quarter was sluggish offensively for both teams with a 21-12 halftime score.
Marianna turned it up a notch in the second half, putting up 13 points in the third quarter and 19in the final period of play.
Grand Ridge was only able to post 11 points in the second half.
Marianna was led by Deontre Rhynes and Dontreal Pittman, both with 11 points.
Grand Ridge had no one in double digits, but Larry Hill put up eight points.
The Indians will travel to Freeport today, while Marianna will host Carver with just the ‘A’ team playing at 4 p.m.
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